One of the biggest boosts to letterpress printing comes from new technology. Instead oh needing to set hundreds, thousands of small type, backwards in a chase, a frame which holds the type, it is now possible to write out the desired text on a computerís monitor, to make changes, and import graphics, etc, then when its exactly as desired, press a button to print the plate, made of polypropylene, and with all the detail , raised letters, etc, just as if the type had been hand set. And, the cost of this plate is very small, and the yield is very substantial.